open source annual
Today I received notice that the “↑Open Source Annual 2007″ will go to the printer on 25 February 2007, and will be presented to the public on 15 March 2007 at the CeBIT. The volume will contain a 15-page … Continue reading →
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projects
Some time or other I have read that ↑Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton at his home in Trieste had twelve wooden desks. On each desk the material of one particular book project he was working on, was stacked. Not … Continue reading →
naturealism
In connection with computergames the term “realistic graphics” is a blunt misnomer—seen from a philosophical, respectively epistemological vantage point. Computergame graphics are an instance of artistical depiction. Already for a long time there is a precise differentiation between “nature” … Continue reading →
second person view
Detail from a promotional screenshot for ‘Max Payne’ (Remedy 2001), forcing the viewer to look down the bore of Mr. Payne’s gun while he is shooting at the onlooker. There are ↑first-person shooters (FPS) and ↑third-person shooters (TPS)—what about the … Continue reading →
virtualism
The thing that’s going to be quaint about “cyberspace” (that already is, really) is the inherent assumption that it’s a realm unto itself; that it’s in any way elsewhere or other. —↑William Gibson According to Edward Said Orientalism is the … Continue reading →
light on earth
Daylight, two days later. After the planet has revolved around itself for a little more than two times full circle, an e-mail from her plonks into one of his inboxes. Actually it’s not exactly from her, but triggered by her … Continue reading →
night on earth
Being well sloshed—and succesfully having unnerved the bartender—they are parting at 2am. “I will google you,” she says as a good bye. “Finally,” he thinks while watching the taxi receding into the unknown city’s dim lights, “the information age has … Continue reading →
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Remember when Phil ↵went astray? Now cyborg ↑Kevin ↑Warwick lets ↑him run free—on purpose! via entry at infocult
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↑KerLeone just told me that ↵thousand reminded him of the famous ↑Bravia television commercial: Set to the stripped-down acoustic soundtrack of José González’ “Heartbeats”, 250,000 ‘superballs’ come flying, in slow motion, over the brow of a typical street in … Continue reading →
mor gui
Remember when Phil ↵went astray? Now cyborg ↑Kevin ↑Warwick lets ↑him run free—on purpose! via entry at infocult
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